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Elastic Collision: Momentum & KE - What's the Difference?
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Harmonic conjugate of potential function
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How Does Sound Travel on the Moon?
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Potentials which depend on positions of two particles
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While using equations of circular motion why do we need to express all
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Projectile trajectory : calculating gravity and height
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Here's a question for you on inertia
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Mass and Weight - which do scales show?
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How much will my pool water rise when it turns to ice?
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Physics of a diver used in trolling?
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Finding mass, knowing velocity but not momentum.
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16, interested in Quantum physics; help with project (not homework)
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Newton's Law of Gravitation Feynman Lectures
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Which one will have greater kinetic energy.
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Analyzing the motion of a plastic bottle down an elevated ramp
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Hi PF,I have been working quite heavy shifts of late being a truck
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Kinetic Energy Equation/Simple Explanation?
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A bottle of water at 0'C is opened on the surface of moon. What happens and why?
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Kinetic Energy With Only Area, Density and Speed
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Turning car Centripetal Acceleration behavior?
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Did Einstein's theory built upon Newton's work?
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Kinetic Energy vs Burger Energy
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What is the mechanism of small holes in auditorioms used as sound
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Debunking Claims about Bypassing Newton's 3rd Law and Conservation of Momentum
Aug 31, 2011
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Circular motion related to 1 dimension?
Aug 31, 2011
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Collision between two bodies with same mass
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Friction forces playing the role of centripetal force
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Comparing Large & Small Bodies Using Gravity & Surface Tension
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Could a model rocket be launched into space by balloon?
Aug 30, 2011
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Feynman's Infinite Pulley Problem
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Car gyroscopic effect problem/doubt
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Exploring physical concepts (buoyancy, air drag) but afraid of the math.
Aug 29, 2011
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Can the Biot Savart law be used in a medium where the permeability changes?
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Is the movement of winds due to coriolis or centripetal force?
Aug 29, 2011
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Conservation of Energy and Virtual Work
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Increased Density Results in Decreased speed of sound?
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Question on forces/friction acting on wheel
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A question about conditions for Weightlessness
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Newton's Shell Theorem Question
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What is the angle made by the ramp and the floor in a bowling ball problem?
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Average Speed Vs. Direct Average?
Aug 28, 2011
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Is the unit of torque Nm or Nm/°?
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Kinetic Energy and relative momentum
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Converting Helium back to Hydrogen?
Aug 28, 2011
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What does negative acceleration really mean?
Aug 27, 2011
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Atmosphere's Rotation: Is Earth's Speed the Same?
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Resonance of water in a sphere
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Potential energy in the equipartition theorem.
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Feynman exercises bead parabola accelerometer
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Efficiently Lift 10KG with a Small Winch Motor - Expert Tips and Tricks
Aug 26, 2011
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Does a Jumper Drop Immediately When Jumping Out of a Plane?
Aug 26, 2011
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Predicting model rocket height (with and without drag)
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Friction questions, How does a car turn?
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Two Questions: viscosity and sound
Aug 25, 2011
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Is Work Only Calculated from Net Force in Physics?
Aug 25, 2011
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Conservation of momentum and force of friction (static)
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Boiling point and vapor pressure
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Accelerating mass: how to compute
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Why does sound reflect and create an echo in certain conditions?
Aug 25, 2011
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Carrying Weight: A Person-to-Person Analysis
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Direction of Work: Electron-Electron Repulsion
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Effects of different types of vacuum at equal pressure
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Does weight change in an elevator?
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Impact force on a bike off a 6 foot drop?
Aug 23, 2011
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Why must vertical acceleration always be negative on projectile motion?
Aug 23, 2011
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Does clutch control affect torque output in cars?
Aug 23, 2011
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Velocity of Pulley and String in Constrained Motion
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Where does the kinetic energy go when a man moves on a spinning roundabout?
Aug 23, 2011
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Breakthrough Miniature Accelerator
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Conservation of momentum in a robot taking a step
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Molecular work in an Adiabatic process ?
Aug 22, 2011
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Hydrostatic Pressure on Sponge
Aug 22, 2011
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How do I calculate the RPM needed to power my system?
Aug 22, 2011
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How do space and time relate to momentum?
Aug 22, 2011
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Angular velocity and rotation matrix
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What Happens When You Subtract Potential Energy from Total Energy?
Aug 21, 2011
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How long can a 1000W UPS power a 100W device?
Aug 21, 2011
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Velocity of water out of reservoir.
Aug 21, 2011
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How high would a helium balloon rise if it never popped?
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Angular momentum for combined rotation and translationa about a fixed point
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Motorcycle Tunnel Myth: Fact or Fiction?
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Inertia vs Momentum: Exploring the Differences and Similarities
Aug 20, 2011
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Perpetual motion (please just give me a chance, it's just a few questions)
Aug 19, 2011
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Why does pressure affect air ionization?
Aug 19, 2011
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Forces and torques on aeroplane wings
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Submersible Water Pump, 4.3 amps, must work in the water,
Aug 19, 2011
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Dechlorinator Dosing Pump: Research & Considerations
Aug 18, 2011
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OIs Work Done on a Gas in Adiabatic Expansion Always Zero?
Aug 18, 2011
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Does speed vary with a circle's radius?
Aug 18, 2011
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Collision of an expanding disc with another disc.
Aug 18, 2011
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Centrifugal force and direction
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